Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2018 NYINC Auction 11-13 Jan 2018
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COLOMBIA. 1858-B 5 Pesos. Bogotá mint. Restrepo M205.3. AU Detail - Cleaned (PCGS).
Quite different from the preceding specimen and almost certainly a circulating counterfeit. Apparently struck on a cast planchet, with many pits from escaping fumes during the planchet casting process seen at the central obverse and across the reverse. The reverse also shows some file marks, running vertically through the center. The surfaces have been lightly polished, but abundant coppery color is noted near the rims and design elements. The dies and die work are different from the preceding example, and the reeding appears somewhat irregular. An interesting study piece, one that the collector included in this collection as a counterfeit of the era.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
Estimate: $1500.00- $2000.00
Quite different from the preceding specimen and almost certainly a circulating counterfeit. Apparently struck on a cast planchet, with many pits from escaping fumes during the planchet casting process seen at the central obverse and across the reverse. The reverse also shows some file marks, running vertically through the center. The surfaces have been lightly polished, but abundant coppery color is noted near the rims and design elements. The dies and die work are different from the preceding example, and the reeding appears somewhat irregular. An interesting study piece, one that the collector included in this collection as a counterfeit of the era.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
Estimate: $1500.00- $2000.00